Up against DC against this season. Should be interesting. On paper, Oxford vs Peterborough and Ipswich vs Portsmouth look the pick of the ties.
Walsall unbeaten so far this season too - should be an interesting battle. Such a pity no fans allowed - kind of takes the shine off getting a big team later in the competition if we get that far.
Tom Nichols got a hattrick today as Crawley beat Torquay 6 - 5 I think they said he had 7 or 8 so far this season always said he would get goals, shame they weren't for us
I always felt there was a half decent striker in there somewhere - trouble is, how long could we afford to wait for him to get his act together? Think he had more than enough opportunity, might simply be that league 1 was a step too far for him, or alternatively, Rovers weren't the right team for him at the time. Either way, I personally wish him well at Crawley - hope he continues to have a successful period with them.
He was under far too much pressure to score goals, but I thought he was exceptional at linking play and underrated for most of his time at the club.
Ball numbers for tonights 2nd round draw.... 1 Newport County 2 Havant & Waterlooville 3 Mansfield Town 4 Crewe Alexandra 5 Peterborough United 6 Exeter City 7 Bradford City 8 Bristol Rovers 9 Stockport County 10 Darlington 11 Barnet 12 Chorley 13 Tranmere Rovers 14 Oxford City or Northampton Town 15 Morecambe 16 Yeovil Town 17 Crawley Town 18 Blackpool 19 Cheltenham Town 20 Stevenage 21 Harrogate Town 22 Gillingham 23 Plymouth Argyle 24 Carlisle United 25 Doncaster Rovers 26 Salford City 27 Solihull Moors 28 Hull City 29 Marine 30 Barrow or AFC Wimbledon 31 Dagenham & Redbridge 32 Shrewsbury Town 33 Brackley Town 34 Milton Keynes Dons 35 Oldham Athletic 36 Boreham Wood 37 Portsmouth 38 King's Lynn Town 39 Lincoln City 40 Canvey Island
Having said how well I hope TN does this season, what's the betting we get Crawley away in the 2nd round, and he knocks us out of the cup all on his own!!